{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1301.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-1301.03","heading":"Applicability; construction.","body":"(a)\nThis chapter shall be applicable to all benefit corporations.\n\n(b)\nThis chapter shall not affect a statute or rule of law that is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation, and shall not in and of itself create an implication that a contrary or different rule is applicable to a business corporation and not a benefit corporation.\n\n(c)\nExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of this title shall apply to a benefit corporation organized under this chapter. A benefit corporation may simultaneously be subject to this chapter and one or more other chapters of this title.\n\n(d)\nA provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a benefit corporation may not relax, be inconsistent with, or supersede a provision of this chapter.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 13. Benefit Corporations.","Subchapter I. Preliminary Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-1301.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ffe10f29dd50ee339f80d973cc963b31be7658fce851ef2f6a160af723092830","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1301.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1301.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}